Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Master Gardener Foundation Annual Native Plant Sale
Saturday, March 12, 9 a.m. – 12 noon, Orcas Grange Pre-Order Now for Best Selection -- from Master Gardener Jane Wentworth -- Happy New Year! It is time again for our Annual Native Plant Sale. The
Six Business Resolutions for 2016 from SBA
-- from Nancy Porzio, District Director, Small Business Administration -- As we enter into the New Year, a lot of people focus on bettering themselves. More workouts and fewer vices are the usual focus of resolutions
Help Plan Eastsound’s Future at Public Meeting
-- by Margie Doyle -- The Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall. Preceding the meeting, from
Montessori School Thanks the Community
-- from The Orcas Montessori School Families and Staff-- The families and staff of the Orcas Montessori School would like to sincerely thank everyone who generously supported our holiday wreath sale this year. The wreath
NAS Whidbey Island SAR Rescues Woman Near Mount Baker
-- from Michael T. Welding, Public Affairs Officer -- Medical Technician Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) John Siedler secures an injured snowshoer into a rescue basket prior to hoisting her aboard NAS Whidbey Island's Search and
Saving Orcas History, One Voice at a Time
-- from Pegi Groundwater for the Orcas Island Historical Society -- Orcas Island history is about the lives of our people –what they know and what they have experienced. The Orcas Island Historical Society (OIHS)
Bob Dash Explores a Phenomenally Small World
-- by Margie Doyle -- Gull feather interior from the downy section of the feather. Image copyright by Bob Dash. The scale of this micrograph is the width of 100 "spirals" on this gull
TedX Comes to Orcas in March
best of both worlds : the potential in polarity -- from Gretchen Krampf -- Who would you like to see present at our second TEDxOrcasIsland on March 5th? Do you or someone you know have
Nightwalkers Come to the Kwiáht Beach Walk
Saturday, Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. on the beach in front of Outlook Inn .-- by Margie Doyle -- Community scientists help BeachWatchers and Kwiaht maintain the health of East Sound and Indian Island
First Baby Boomers Turn 70? No Way
-- by Lin McNulty -- The first Baby Boomers turn 70 this year? Are you kidding me? Nobody ever told me Baby Boomers would get old. Who was it that said, "If you can remember
Orcas Issues Makes New Year Predictions
-- by Margie Doyle and Lin McNulty-- Given the way things have been going, this is what we foresee will happen in the next 366 days (it's a Leap Year!) The ORS/Exchange will open its
Orcasians Jump into 2016 with the Polar Bear Plunge
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke The Polar Bear Plunge 2016 --photo courtesy JoEllen Moldoff, Andrea Cohen Andrea Cohen writes about
How’d We Do in Our 2015 Predictions?
-- by Margie Doyle -- Making predictions is a fun way to square our perceptions and philosophies with reality. So tomorrow, we'll be posting our predictions for the Year 2016. And in the reflective spirit
County Art Museum’s 2016 Exhibit Highlights Human Rights
-- from Diane Martindale for the Islands Museum of Art -- Art intrigues all ages -- San Juans Islands Museum of Art opens 2016 with three exhibits on the common thread of human rights
Orcas Center Holding True West Auditions
Sunday, January 3 – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Monday, January 4 – 6 to 8 p.m. Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- What: Auditions for True West by Sam Shepard, directed by Robert Hall at Orcas Center.
It Was a Very Good Year
--Some noteworthy events -- All in all, 2015 was a very good year, especially for the uptick in southern-resident killer whales born -- eight new calves born since Dec. 30 2014, bringing the number to
